Software Engineer, GPU Performance

HeyGen

• $140K — $170K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience optimizing GPU-based AI workloads or high-performance computing systems.
  • Proficiency in Python with knowledge of PyTorch or similar frameworks.
  • Strong curiosity about GPU hardware, memory bandwidth, cache behavior, and CPU-GPU data movement.
  • Experience with profiling tools to link hardware performance to software bottlenecks.
  • Ability to transform performance experiments into effective production changes.

Responsibilities

  • Investigate GPU utilization and performance issues using profiling tools like NVIDIA Nsight Systems and PyTorch Profiler.
  • Identify and analyze bottlenecks in model execution and pre-processing.
  • Enhance performance through advanced GPU utilization strategies, such as batching and scheduling.
  • Develop high-performance GPU kernels when necessary to optimize processing.
  • Create benchmarks and automated checks to detect performance regressions.
  • Collaborate with AI researchers to implement optimizations in production environments.
  • Measure impacts of optimizations on various performance metrics like latency and throughput.

Benefits

  • Dynamic and inclusive work environment.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and advancement.
  • Collaborative culture that values innovation and creativity.
  • Access to the latest technologies and tools.
Full Job Description
Position Summary

HeyGen is building AI applications including Avatar IV, Photo Avatar, Interactive Avatar, and Video Translation. We're looking for a Software Engineer focused on GPU performance to make the systems behind these experiences faster and more efficient.

You will work across model execution and inference infrastructure, using profiling and measurement to improve latency, throughput, and GPU cost. This role is a fit for an engineer who enjoys understanding how software uses the hardware beneath it.
Key Responsibilities
  • Use NVIDIA Nsight Systems, Nsight Compute, and PyTorch Profiler to investigate GPU utilization, kernel execution, memory bandwidth, and CPU-GPU data movement.
  • Identify bottlenecks across model execution, preprocessing, and inference serving, then measure the impact of each optimization.
  • Improve performance through batching, scheduling, memory management, and better GPU utilization.
  • Develop or integrate high-performance GPU kernels when existing implementations limit performance.
  • Build benchmarks and automated checks that catch performance regressions across representative video workloads.
  • Collaborate with AI researchers and infrastructure engineers to bring optimizations into production.
  • Measure the effect of changes on latency, throughput, cost, and output quality.
Qualifications
  • Experience optimizing GPU-based AI workloads or high-performance computing systems.
  • Proficiency in Python and experience with PyTorch or a similar machine learning framework.
  • Strong curiosity about GPU hardware, including memory bandwidth, cache behavior, tensor cores, and data movement between CPU and GPU.
  • Experience using profiling tools to connect hardware behavior to application-level bottlenecks and validate improvements.
  • Ability to turn performance experiments into reliable production changes and communicate tradeoffs clearly.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with CUDA, Triton, or C++ GPU programming.
  • Experience optimizing video, image, audio, diffusion, or Transformer models.
  • Familiarity with multi-GPU inference, GPU interconnects, quantization, or large-scale model serving.
  • Experience building performance benchmarks or regression testing infrastructure.
  • Prior experience in a fast-paced technology environment.
What HeyGen Offers
  • Competitive salary and benefits package.
  • Dynamic and inclusive work environment.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and advancement.
  • Collaborative culture that values innovation and creativity.
  • Access to the latest technologies and tools.

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